|
|
Historical Event on 4/16/1992
The PM gives a new slogan to the nation, 'Desh banao, desh bachao'.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 11/29/2000 | India strikes a counter-trade oil deal with Iraq as part of an effort to build a strategic relationship with Baghdad. |
| 4/23/1991 | Major parties agree to have polls in Punjab. |
| 4/17/1946 | Shri Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa Shastri, greatest social reformer, freedom fighter, educationist, politician, master, scholar of Sanskrit and President of India, passed away. |
| 5/16/1996 | Atal Krishna Behari Vajpayee, leader of Bharatiya Janta Party, becomes the 10th Prime Minister for 13 days (from May 16, 1996 to May 28, 1996 [techinally till 01-06-1996]), although his ability to govern effectively is in doubt. |
| 6/6/2000 | Abhijit Kunte wins the National `A' chess championship at Mumbai. |
| 4/26/1813 | Swati Tirunal Ramavarma, outstanding composer of Carnatic music in Kerala, was born in a royal family of Travancore. |
| 9/16/1955 | Leopold C. M. S. Amery, British minister of Colonies (India), died at the age of 81. |
| 11/19/1835 | Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi was born in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. She was named Manikarnika and was called 'Manu'. |
| 7/19/1949 | Raja of Tehri Garhwal announces merger with Indian Union. |
| 7/19/1949 | Queen Elizabeth I granted its Royal Charter to the 218 Knights and merchants of the City of London who formed the East India Company. The venture failed to achieve its stated objectives -- it made little impression on the Dutch control of the spice trade and could not establish a lasting outpost in the East Indies. |
|
![]()
|
|
|
